Need saavy DUers' input re: door wars at work:

[Maddy McCall]

We are in a profession that appreciates free speech, or else this would not be going on at work.

On the door of a colleague's office is a computer-printed sheet of paper with the flag of France and this caption in bolded large font:

"Lots of wine, but ne spine."

He also has a big, glossy portrait of Reagan with some Reagan quotations that are anti-liberal. He did this to respond to a small sticker on my door: "Southerners for Kerry."

So, since he wants to amp up the door war, I'm looking for some really idiotic Reagan and Bush images and quotations. Anyone want to help me out?

:evilgrin:

[lpbk2713]

1. My favorite (and most prophetic) has always been ....

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

—President George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

[ruiner4u]

2. for all your bushism needs...

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms.htm

[Ian David]

3. I would post photos of Bush kissing Bandar and holding hands with him....

[Maddy McCall]

4. Oooo...

Give me a clever caption for that, and it's on my printer pronto!

[Ian David]

8. Here's one you can use with no caption necessary

[Maddy McCall]

11. OK...that and the Swamp Rat NOLA image are headed to my printer now.

Thanks!

[Ian David]

14. I've got more for you...

More:

New Katrina Fliers and Posters-- watch this thread for updates as I upload
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x23716

Also:

[Maddy McCall]

21. Thanks!!!

Printing those, too. Thanks so much for your help!

[porphyrian]

5. Don't forget Dan Quayle's infinite stupidity. - n/t

[Ian David]

6. More...

[Greyhound]

7. If you're really interested in escalation, I think you should attack "saint ronnie the dim" directly

it usually drives them absolutely nuts.

There is a huge amount of material there, if you give me some direction (economy, corruption/criminality, corporate welfare, national security, etc.) I can provide some specific suggestions.

[Maddy McCall]

9. I do, too!

Really, anything that you can come up with, that shows Reagan looking and sounding idiotic is good enough for me.

:D

[Maddy McCall]

18. Does anyone have a quote from Reagan on higher education?

That'd be helpful.

[PDJane]

20. How about:

"Why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity?"
--Ronald Reagan, campaign speech, 1980

[Maddy McCall]

29. Thanks!

Now I need to find a photo of St. Ronnie in full doctoral regalia, maybe receiving an honorary PhD.

:rofl:

[cannabis_flower]

15. Reaganquote

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." - Ronald Reagan

[Maddy McCall]

17. I like that.

I'm going to add it to the list. :thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

22. St. Ronnie turned fruit into vegetables for the children

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Hang some ketchup packets from your door below a sign that says:

"Welcome To The Ronald Reagan Farmers Market"

[Maddy McCall]

12. LOL!

[ecstatic]

13. A passage from the Constitution, especially a part that *

has violated.

[PDJane]

16. Reagan was a goldmine of stupid quotes

for instance,

"What does an actor know about politics?" –criticizing Ed Asner for opposing American foreign policy

"My name is Ronald Reagan. What's yours?" –introducing himself after delivering a prep school commencement address. The individual responded, "I'm your son, Mike," to which Reagan replied, "Oh, I didn't recognize you."

"Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources."

and, of course,

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."

"All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk."

"Well, I learned a lot....I went down to (Latin America) to find out from them and (learn) their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries"

"We are trying to get unemployment to go up, and I think we're going to succeed."

"Why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity?"
--Ronald Reagan, campaign speech, 1980

"We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years."
--President Reagan, quoted in USA Today, April 26, 1983

"History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20 percent of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government.... When it reaches 25 percent, there comes an increase in lawlessness."
--Ronald Reagan, in Time, April 14, 1980. (History shows no such thing. Income tax rates in Europe have traditionally been far higher than U.S. rates, while European crime rates have been much lower.)

"Because Vietnam was not a declared war, the veterans are not even eligible for the G. I. Bill of Rights with respect to education or anything."
--Ronald Reagan, in Newsweek, April 21, 1980. (Wrong again.)








About Reagan:

"Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears."

--British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

"Ronald Reagan is the first modern President whose contempt for the facts is treated as a charming idiosyncrasy."
--James David Barber, presidential scholar, On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency, Mark Hertsgaard

"His errors glide past unchallenged. At one point...he alleged that almost half the population gets a free meal from the government each day. No one told him he was crazy. The general message of the American press is that, yes, while it is perfectly true that the emperor has no clothes, nudity is actually very acceptable this year."
--Simon Hoggart, in The Observer (London), 1986

"...like reinventing the wheel."

--Larry Speakes (Reagan's former press secretary) describing what it was like preparing the President for a press conference, Speaking Out: The Reagan Presidency from Inside the White House

"What planet is he living on?"
--President Mitterand of France poses this question about Reagan to Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau.

"During Mr. Reagan's trip to Europe...members of the traveling press corps watched him doze off so many times--during speeches by French President Francois Mitterrand and Italian President Alessandro Pertini, as well as during a one-on-one audience with the Pope--that they privately christened the trip 'The Big Sleep.'"
--Mark Hertsgaard, On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency

[Maddy McCall]

19. THANK YOU!

:yourock:

[Ian David]

23. Where would this country be without this great land of ours? n/t

[ljm2002]

24. Ask and you shall receive...

...images, not quotations. I save the most ridiculous pictures for my own amusement. So, here are a bunch for you -- I included a couple of extras -- one each of Cheney and Clinton:

[lpbk2713]

27. I swear these two could double for Laurel and Hardy.

"Well Chimpy, that's another fine mess you've gotten us into."

[ljm2002]

28. Great caption!

Really it is one of the more ridiculous photo-op pictures I have ever seen -- and that is saying a lot!

[Justitia]

25. Uh, I guess he never learned who financed our Independence huh?

The French bashing drives me insane, it demonstrates a complete ignorance of history.

Would we even be a country today if France hadn't provided critical aid and troops, marking a turning point in the Revolution?
They lent us their naval expertise in direct engagements with the Royal Navy, which were of incalculable value in our eventual victory.

Has he ever even heard of the Battle of Yorktown? Chesapeake?

What an ignorant putz.

Financing our independence bankrupted France, most likely a significant instigator of the French Revolution.

Hell, they just wanted to be our main commerce partner after the War of Independence and we basically stabbed them in the back and made our main trading partner our heretofore oppressor - Britain. Nice.

Your co-worker needs a history lesson tout de suite.

edit for typo

[backscatter712]

26. Just off the top of my head

"Too many good docs are going out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their... love with women all across this country."